Small penalties for "duty of care" offences

1 March 1993

Waste regulation authorities are resorting increasingly to the new "duty of care" provisions in section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 when pursuing waste management offences. But in five recent cases the highest fine imposed by the courts has been £250, with no penalties at all being imposed in two cases.

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